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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Create a Select Menu

Stephen Smith
Stephen Smith
7,426 Points

All I've done is add an <optgroup> and now it says task 2 is no longer passing. I don't know why.

All I've done is add an <optgroup> and now it says task 2 is no longer passing. I don't know why.

index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <form action="index.html" method="post">
      <h1>Shirt Order Form</h1>

      <select id="color" name="shirt_color">
        <optgroup label="Shirt Color:">
          <option value="red">Red</option>
          <option value="yellow">Yellow</option>
          <option value="purple">Purple</option>
          <option value="blue">Blue</option>
          <option value="green">Green</option>
          <option value="orange">Orange</option>
        </optgroup>
      </select>  

    </form>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

stjarnan
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.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree seal-36
stjarnan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 56,488 Points

Hi Stephen,

The challenge asks you to add a label, not an optgroup. They want you to connect a label using your select menu's id attribute.

Does that help?

Jonas

Stephen Smith
Stephen Smith
7,426 Points

Yes thanks. Sorted now.